T-Mobile Euro Internet Booster - cheap data roaming in Europe

raywright1 · **personal data usage / TMO booster -** 21-05-2010, 19:44

when i use my mobile phone for data, i do not stream media and i rarely surf a web page. my usage is client email, contact & calendar synchronization (google), and some rss (some rss usage does result in podcast downloads however). i also occasionally tether my laptop over 3G using WMWiFiRouter.

i'm totally baffled as to why my usage is so high. here is a summary of my last 6 months of data usage with AT&T/USA.

nov09: 320MB
dec09: 355MB
jan10: 680MB
feb10: 985MB
mar10: 488MB
apr10: 613MB

what hope is there of being able to function normally while abroad? are americans just spoiled with low rates ($30 soft-limit 5GB with AT&T)?

i suppose the TMO (UK) 40MB/day for 1GBP would work if i just get email headers and do not download podcasts. but the other rates i see (especially trans-europe roaming cards) are far too expensive.

are there any other plans for high usage? (i'm systematically going through all the thread posts so perhaps it's answered elsewhere).

how does anyone realistically get by on 3MB/day or 20MB/week or 50MB/month? what kind of ordinary usage fits those kinds of tiers? maybe i'll just adapt while i'm traveling.

f300 · 21-05-2010, 20:25

He, he ... americans spoiled. The same T-mobile UK we're talking about has a special for one month for two pounds (2GB included). Normal price is 15/month (still acceptable and it's prepaid!). Of course this isn't roaming.

The roaming prices are daylight robbery, we can agree on that especially when roaming with the same company. As for low data usage it depends on your specific device but with phones if you don't download all emails that rain on you and you don't do multimedia you should be able to get by with 3 MB per day. That is by reading all emails you're interested in and with chat and browsing (assuming you aren't especially efficient at chat and browsing on a mobile).

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raywright1 (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 47 Join Date: 18 May 2010 Country:	personal data usage / TMO booster - 21-05-2010, 19:44 when i use my mobile phone for data, i do not stream media and i rarely surf a web page. my usage is client email, contact & calendar synchronization (google), and some rss (some rss usage does result in podcast downloads however). i also occasionally tether my laptop over 3G using WMWiFiRouter. i'm totally baffled as to why my usage is so high. here is a summary of my last 6 months of data usage with AT&T/USA. nov09: 320MB dec09: 355MB jan10: 680MB feb10: 985MB mar10: 488MB apr10: 613MB what hope is there of being able to function normally while abroad? are americans just spoiled with low rates ($30 soft-limit 5GB with AT&T)? i suppose the TMO (UK) 40MB/day for 1GBP would work if i just get email headers and do not download podcasts. but the other rates i see (especially trans-europe roaming cards) are far too expensive. are there any other plans for high usage? (i'm systematically going through all the thread posts so perhaps it's answered elsewhere). how does anyone realistically get by on 3MB/day or 20MB/week or 50MB/month? what kind of ordinary usage fits those kinds of tiers? maybe i'll just adapt while i'm traveling. Mobile Devices: Samsung SM-N10A (Galaxy Note 4) LTE700 (B17), LTE850 (B5), LTE1700/2100 (B4), LTE2600 (B7), LTE1900 (B2), LTE700 (B12) GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850 {B5}, UMTS900 {B8}, UMTS1900 {B2}, UMTS2100 {B1} Samsung SGH-i777 (Galaxy S II) GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850 {B5}, UMTS1900 {B2}, UMTS2100 {B1} GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA+ SIMs: US: ATT RO: VOD UK: VOD IT: WIND CA: ROGERS Last edited by raywright1; 21-05-2010 at 19:58.. Reason: forgot to mention tethering

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f300 (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 72 Join Date: 12 Mar 2008 Country:	21-05-2010, 20:25 He, he ... americans spoiled. The same T-mobile UK we're talking about has a special for one month for two pounds (2GB included). Normal price is 15/month (still acceptable and it's prepaid!). Of course this isn't roaming. The roaming prices are daylight robbery, we can agree on that especially when roaming with the same company. As for low data usage it depends on your specific device but with phones if you don't download all emails that rain on you and you don't do multimedia you should be able to get by with 3 MB per day. That is by reading all emails you're interested in and with chat and browsing (assuming you aren't especially efficient at chat and browsing on a mobile).